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Tory farce: Mordaunt produces a Day Today lookalike campaign video, and has to edit out people [View all]
who she didn't ask about being shown in it.
Paralympian asks to be removed from Penny Mordaunt campaign video
On Sunday morning, Mordaunt, the MP for Portsmouth North, posted the video on her Twitter account with the caption “Our leadership has to change. It needs to become a little less about the leader and a lot more about the ship.”
Peacock, 29, appeared in the original video crossing the finish line of a race in slow motion, with the voiceover speaking the words: “There must be focus on who we are.” The clip also featured a shot of South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius, who was later convicted of the murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.
Peacock, an English sprint runner who won gold at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Paralympics tournaments, replied to the video on Twitter, saying: “I officially request to be removed from this video … anything but blue please.”
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Mordaunt’s announcement continued to attract attention on social media throughout Sunday, with many likening the video to a clip from BBC satire The Day Today, which uses the same background music.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/10/paralympian-jonnie-peacock-asks-to-be-removed-from-penny-mordaunt-campaign-video
On Sunday morning, Mordaunt, the MP for Portsmouth North, posted the video on her Twitter account with the caption “Our leadership has to change. It needs to become a little less about the leader and a lot more about the ship.”
Peacock, 29, appeared in the original video crossing the finish line of a race in slow motion, with the voiceover speaking the words: “There must be focus on who we are.” The clip also featured a shot of South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius, who was later convicted of the murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp.
Peacock, an English sprint runner who won gold at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Paralympics tournaments, replied to the video on Twitter, saying: “I officially request to be removed from this video … anything but blue please.”
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Mordaunt’s announcement continued to attract attention on social media throughout Sunday, with many likening the video to a clip from BBC satire The Day Today, which uses the same background music.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/10/paralympian-jonnie-peacock-asks-to-be-removed-from-penny-mordaunt-campaign-video
While the music is "I Vow to Thee My Country"/"Jupiter" from Holst's "The Planets" - an understandable choice for a Tory video, if cliched, but the video does feel remarkably similar to the parody from 30 years ago. Spot the difference:
The original , with Peacock in, is still up (she uses Jo Cox too - complimenting her, but still - "political appropriation"?) - watch, but have a sick bag handy:
Link to tweet
(For Americans, The Day Today was the first project of Armando Iannucci, the creator of Veep)
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